Muscular
['mʌskjʊlə] or ['mʌskjəlɚ]
Definition
(adj.) having or suggesting great physical power or force; 'the muscular and passionate Fifth Symphony' .
(adj.) of or relating to or consisting of muscle; 'muscular contraction' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a muscle, or to a system of muscles; consisting of, or constituting, a muscle or muscles; as, muscular fiber.
(a.) Performed by, or dependent on, a muscle or the muscles.
(a.) Well furnished with muscles; having well-developed muscles; brawny; hence, strong; powerful; vigorous; as, a muscular body or arm.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Brawny, sinewy, strong, stalwart, vigorous, powerful, sturdy, lusty, athletic, Herculean, able-bodied.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Powerful, brawny, robust, sinewy, strong, stalwart, athletic, lusty, sturdy
ANT:Debile, flabby, feeble, lanky
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Definition
adj. pertaining to a muscle: consisting of muscles: having strong muscles: brawny: strong: vigorous.—n. Muscular′ity state of being muscular.—adv. Mus′cularly.—adjs. Musculocutā′neous muscular and cutaneous—of certain nerves; Mus′culous sinewy.—Muscular Christianity a phrase humorously applied to that vigorous combination of Christian living with devotion to athletic enjoyments associated with Charles Kingsley and his admirers (the name was however repudiated by him); Muscular excitability the contracting property of a muscle; Muscular pile a voltaic battery employed in biological experiments; Muscular system the whole of the muscular tissue of a body.
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Examples
- They were white-skinned, full, muscular legs, handsome and decided. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- At last he saw it, not twenty feet away--the long, lithe, muscular body and tawny head of a huge black-maned lion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And here, Noah nodded his head expressively; and curled up as much of his small red nose as muscular action could collect together, for the occasion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Tall and muscular as I was in form, I must have looked like, what indeed I was, the merest ruffian that ever trod the earth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This muscular pump drives it into the aorta. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The muscular hand broke from my custody; my arm was seized, my shoulder--neck--waist--I was entwined and gathered to him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It's a very muscular one for a child's. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Of course we were besieged by a rabble of muscular Egyptians and Arabs who wanted the contract of dragging us to the top--all tourists are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The pitch of the sound depends upon the tension of the stretched membranes, and since this can be altered by muscular action, the voice can be modulated at will. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We should remember that the skull at this early age is cartilaginous and flexible, so that it readily yields to muscular action. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Moreover, reading, writing, and figuring--important school arts--demand muscular or motor training. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Featherstone's face required its whole scale of grimaces as a muscular outlet to his silent triumph in the soundness of his faculties. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That he was a muscular man, strong on his legs, and that he was browned and hardened by exposure to weather. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The tallest of the two--a stout muscular man in the dress of a gamekeeper--was a stranger to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The second stage of education is gymnastic, which answers to the period of muscular growth and development. Plato. The Republic.
- The broad, muscular back was turned toward him, but, tanned though it was, D'Arnot saw that it was the back of a white man, and he thanked God. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A muscular hand shot out and grasped the hairy throat, and another plunged a keen hunting knife a dozen times into the broad breast. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He had a rounded, muscular, and vigorous hand, as well as a long, strong arm. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They were tall, muscular, and very dark-skinned Bedouins, with inky black beards. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Rapid evaporation of the water from the wet cloths keeps the contents of the jars cool, and that without expense other than the muscular energy needed for wetting the cloths frequently. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But the fighting with Mr. Farebrother must be of a metaphorical kind, which was much more difficult to Fred than the muscular. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Simeon Halliday, a tall, straight, muscular man, in drab coat and pantaloons, and broad-brimmed hat, now entered. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- When we wish to speak, muscular effort stretches the cords, draws them closer together, and reduces the opening between them to a narrow slit, as in the case of the organ pipe. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A little, muscular, brown man, with black hair and white teeth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The owner is obviously a muscular man, left-handed, with an excellent set of teeth, careless in his habits, and with no need to practise economy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- His brown, sweat-streaked, muscular body, glistening in the moonlight, shone supple and graceful among the uncouth, awkward, hairy brutes about him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Standing by the bar, in the corner of the room, was a brawny, muscular man, full six feet in height, and broad in proportion. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It takes a muscular, energetic fellow, and one with a good set of teeth, to do that. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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